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The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

One of the most prodigious engineer
ing projects now on the tapis, is that for
tunnelling the Rocky mountains under
Trays Peak, which rises no less than
IL, Al feet above the level of the sea.
1t is stated that at A All feet below the
peak; by tunnelling from east to west
for 25, 900 feet, direct communication
could be opened between the valleys on
the Atlantic slope and those on the Pa
ciic side. This would shorten the dis
lance between Denver in Colorado and
Salt Lake City in Utah, and conse-
quently the distance between the Mis-
souri, river, say at st. Louis, and San
Francisco, nearly 800 miles, and there
would be little more required in the
way of ascending or descending or tun-
neling mountains. Part of the work has
already been accomplished. The coun-
try from tile Missouri to the foot of the
Rockies rises gradually in rolling prairie
until an elevation is reache6 of $500 feet
above the sea level. The Rockies them
1acon rise at various places to a height
exceeding II, 0ea.aeat OF the twenty
most famous passes, %onfyFseven are be
low &c, 1000 feet, while five Se upward
of ~, 900, and one is Is, 0o01 eet. The
point from which it is proposed to tun-
mel Is sixty miles west from Denver, and,
although 4 Of the highest peaks, it is
by far the narrowest in the great back
bone of the American continent.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
TtGEfn1t Morfn9..

Italian masons, when they begin to
build a house, dig a deep pit, into which
is put lime enough to fill it within a foot
or two of the top. Water is then
poured in until the pit is filed, and the
mixture is left to itself, care being taken
only to add water, as that first put in is
e~vaporated or absorbed. As mortar is
wanted, a portion of the lime is taken
from the top Of the mass, but the lower
portion, which will be used to mix with
the pIastering mortar, remains undis-
turbed for years, and acquires a smooth,
pasty quality much priced by the Italian
architects, who place q value upon the
lime which they use for such purposes
proportionate to the length Of time
which has elapsed since it was first
Stacked.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
Eonr Centuries of History.

When he landed, G. Columbus Found
the people with no clothes on; Found
them dressed like Lydia Thompson;
Dressed for going to the opera. Now
they undress more than ever, but it cost
much more to do so; costs like smoke to
put on nothing. Then he found the
people painted, Hinged and streaked
from heel to eyebrow; Now they paint
above the shoulders, But it costs as
much as ever. Then the young men
smeared their bodies; Now the young
men paint the town rcd. Then he found
the maids assembled, Waiting on the
sandy seashore; Waiting for the Spanish
sailors. Now, as ever, they are waiting,
Giddy girls and anxious ''mommers."
Ever waiting ON the seashore; Wailing
for the men to- md them, Eager still to
be discovered; Anxious that they may
be sought for By strange men from
foreign countries. Then Columbus found
the natives Free and easy with their
ducats. Gladly giving to the strangers
All the Doodle they had roo for. Still
today the foreign raider Scoops
their dollars by the hatful. oscar
Wilde and Goodby Patti, Wilson
"Tug" and Canon Farrar, Donkey,
Song bird, Tough and Parson, Reap
alike a golden harvest. Conc are all
Columbus I%njuns, Gone the copper col
ored maiden, Gone the dusky squaws
and sachems. But their children still
survive them; Living longer than their
fathers; We have learned another chap
ter; View had time to let our beard
grow; We have lately cut our eye teeth;
And although we may seem simple In
the presence of the stranger, Yet he
wants to keep his eye peeled When we're
d~eaiingAfrom the bottom; Turning jacks
at times unwoted; Yet he wants to
come in winter, When the earth with frost
is baking, And the mercury is freezing,
If he vainly hopes to leave us, Sobbing
sadly in the distance; And when he re-
turns bald headed, He will hear our
shouts and laughter, AS beneath his
scalp we gather, Drying in u smoky
wigwam, Like a hair plaque in our
tepee. We have not forgot how Cortez
Taught our fathers to walk Spanish, and
we have acquired the language, and
ourselves are taking classes. That's
four centuries evolution; That's the kind
of In nuns we are.-[Burdette.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
How LeadUtt.e ,Uas Named.

The first name of Leadville, Colorado,
was Agassiz, but it did not suit for some
reason, and when the time came for the
formal adoption of a legal name there
was something Of q controversy. A
strong faction desired to call the camp
Harrison, after a st, Louis gentleman,
but . store-kecper named Tabor was
bent on having Leadviile. AS he was
the oldest resident, and carried many Of
the inhabitants on his books for flour
and bacon, he won the choice Of names.
70 please the other sids however, the
principal avenue was named Harrison.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

A pretty Nebraska widow who had
ensnared the affections of many respect
able farmers living near Wyman was
recently ordered to leave the county by
a band Of "regstors" under penalty Of
a coat of tar and feathers. Nothing
daunted by the threat the widow bought
q double barrel shotgun and awaited de-
velopments. When the regulators
approached the house to carry out their
threats, the sight of a loaded gun point
ing from one of the windows deferred
them, and n of the number, in admir-
alton Of the woman's pluck, advanced
under q flag of truce, proposed marriage
and was accepted on the spot. Then a
minister was called in, the marriage was
celebrated and the night wound up with
d round of festivities. g
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

The male representative of the hon
ored English house of Fairfax lives near
Washington, an American citizen, a
busy farmer, driving his W teams to
market, and utterly Indifferent to his
title. Nothing will induce him to 60 to
England and assume its privileges, in
Guiding his seat in the House Of Lords.
1t was Mr.. (or Lord Fairfax's great
grandfather who, when he heard that
CORVALLIS had yielded to General
Washington, turned with a heart-dis-
gusted look to his valet, and said:
''sam, put me to bedl It's time /
should die !n-and died in an hour.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
SpanGsh Passson for Damcfna.

presume that those who have Travelled
II Spain hardly realize how thoroughly
that country IS given to the worship Of
ut. Vitus. Says o recent writer: 1.-THE
dance demon seizes IN Spaniards at all
times and under all circumstances--in
The streets, on the public squares, under
the porches of stately mansions. A
peripatetic musician comes along, strum-
ming his guitar, and in an instant the
maid servants throw aside their brooms,
the workwomcn set down the pitchers
they are carrying to the fountain, the
mnleteers leave their mules, the inn
keeper forgets your dinner and all spring
forward, arms akimbo and eyes spark
Ling. Their feet just touch the ground,
they balance in unison with the music
and dance with their souls as well as
With their bodies.
Let d tourist visit Toledo and put up
Ait The ancient hostelry Of De Limo, and
let q guitar player station himself under
the great sombre archway that Don
0uixote himself would not have passed
without q foTeboding of evil, he will
see with his wi eyes how the natural
order ri things viii be d~isarranged and
everything thrown into confusion. u
fandango will begin in the court, The
kitchen and the street, and amid such d
habbnb that liz viii think lie has taken
Aeave IF bis senses.
zone dag II ST Sebastian the regi-
rnent passed by with I band, ii It's head.
IS fandanao was played.
Even the children who had been in
dustFiously engaged ii making dirt pies
pricked up their ears, caught each othel
~ TIE waist and tried " go through
the steps Their nurses joined il snap
ping aaeir fingers The passsFs by came
te rig assistance III TIE NURSE. The
soldiers themselves cnnldn stand ths
tsnpEatas BID feIl 6ak III the ranks
MI manslaa IA hU dance eags
Ifissqns
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
The RuLiso Pnssioa,.

my DEAR said a husband, gently
rousing his wife (thg lady was danger
ously ILL, MRS. DeHobson called a it'll
while ago and left her love and sympa-
thy for you. She seemed deeply af-
fected.n
John, Z said the sick lady, in q vet
week tone of voice, as she slowly
Enclosed her eyes, what did she have
on2n
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
StIper Elected bv Voscano.

Professor Mallet has analysed q speci-
men Of volcanic ash collected on the Pa
ciic coast in Ecuador, 100 miles west of
Cotopaxi. The ash fell and formed q de
post 70 the depth Of several inches.
The interesting feature il the compost
ton u the material was the presence Of
4 small amount Of silver, probably ~
silver chloride several experiments
showed that silver was present the
extent Of { part II 50, 800 Of ash. This
y tie first time that silvers has been
identified n material elected from i vol
eano.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
Advancement of Science,

Probably the most interesting and in
structive meeting of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci
ence was the one just closed in New York.
There was an attendance of from SIX to
eight hundred, and the papess were par
ticularly able and valuable. Prof. Geo.
F. Barker read an intensely interesting
paper prepared by Mr.. Thomas A. Edi-
son ON his new ''Pyroma9petic Genera
tor,n in which is advanced the novel
idea of the conversion of heat into pow
er by means of magnetism, and, by the
same principle, the conversion of heat
into electricity. Of his discovery, Mr..
Edison says:
in strength in the vicinity of a conduc-
tor, a current is generated in that con-
ductor, it occurred to me that by placing
al iron core in a magnetic circle and va
rying the magnetizability of that core by
varying its temperature, it would be pos
sible to generate a current in a coil of
wire surrounding this core.
Acting upon the idea, Mr.. Edison
placed eight electromagnetic in a circle,
all their positive poles in contact with
one iron disk, and their negative poles
in contact with another. Passing
through the disks and joining them, he
placed an equal number of rolls of thin
corrugated iron, each roll opposite the
two poles respectively of the electro
magnets. He wound the eight iron
rolls with insulated wire. When this
simple apparatus was placed over a fur
mace so that hot air passed through the
rolls, they became straightway nom
magnetic. Then he fitted a semi-circu-
lar plate below the lower disk to shut
off the heat from half the rolls, so that
they became magnetic, and half, being
hot, were non-magnetic By revolving
this semi-circular plate the rolls were
first heated and then cooled, and by
this means electricity was generated in
the coils of wire surrounding the rolls.
Mr.. Edison thinks that this devise can
be SO modified as to furnish electric
lights fora whole house by means of the
heat from an ordinary furnace, and he
will pursue his interesting experiments
in that direction. The next meeting of
the association viii be held at Cleveland
on the fourth Wednesday in August,
1893.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

The production of locomotives in Eu-
rope during the year 1886 amounted in
England to 1900; Germany, 5000;
France, 1000; Belgium, 500; Austria,
400; Switzerland, 1870; Italy, 70 Sweden,
30; Russia, 40, and Holland, 90; in all
6,400 engines. The largest works in
the world is the Baldwin Locomotive
Works in Philadelphia, which is capa-
BILE Of turning out 600 per year. Borsig
in Berlin can produce 800 in that time.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
Golden Rod.

Bid'st thou the summer hasten,
The fields and hillsides gIisten
With early s~nowfakes fallen,
Midsummer golden rod.
Would'st Danish crimson clover,
The blackbird and the plover,
Whilst thou broad fields reign over
With golden rod.
Like sunshine is thy face;
Modest and sweet thy grace;
Yet thou and all thy race
Weird heralds are.
Thou tell'st of wind and cloud,
Tempest and thunder loud.
Dark forms of demons proud,
Dread winters sway.
Delay still yet a while;
Force not on us thy smile,
So sweet, so full of guile!
Thou golden rod.
LaUSF we WelcOIle buoe,
When from each shrub and tree,
No more comes forth the glee
OF festive song.
When summer skies grow pale,
When autumn breezes wall,
Then gladly thee We'll hail,
Bright golden rod.
-[Boston Pilot.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

As showing the vast Importance of
agriculture to the business prosperity of
the country, an analysis of our export
trade for the last fiscal year gives about
% per cent. as agricultural products,
against 20 per cent. of manufactured
articles, including refined petroleum.
Unless the farmers prosper there can be
no permanent prosperity for the state or
nation.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

/ UAC OOIds uAa VhSh A0 r.
vailed and he resumed his seat. The
door closed with a bang behind his wife,
and he was left alone in the room with
the dog.
"Old fellow" said Jack, taking the
dogs silky ears in his hands and looking
down into the dogs brown eyes, cold
fellow, things is getting mighty warm
around here, aren't they?"
The dog thumped his tail and emitted
a short bark.
"And somebody's to blame, eh, old
fellow?"
The dog put his forepaws on Jacks
knees and whined.
"The little woman exaggerates my
weaknesses, but in the main she's about
right. What d'ye thinks"
That unfailing barometer of a dogs
emotion, his tail, played a tattoo on the
floor and he executed a dance on the
parlor carpet inviting a frolic.
mo, Rover, there's no funny business
about this. This affair is serious.
There's got to be q reformation. You
remember old man Luther had a refor,
nation, don't you2 Yes, I suppose you
do. Well, here's what's going to re-
form; going to give up beer and CLANS
and stayin' out nights. Back, old fell
low, lie down in the corner" said Jack,
as he opened the door on a crack and
listened. A faint sound as of sobbing
came down the stairs. Jack closed the
door aud resumed his seat.
s'It's raining up stairs. I'm afraid
the little woman will get wet. Now,
I'm going to take off my shoes and see
if the roof leaks. You lie right down
here in the corner and keep still till l
come down." said Jack, speaking to the
dog, who skunk off into the corner in a
shamefaced way.
Then Jack stole softly up stairs and
peeped into the room, where sat his wife
with her face hidden in the bedclothes.
She was sobbing violently and Jacks
heart was touched. Jack walked up to
her and placed his hand upon her
shoulder.
"Little woman" said he.
Louder sobs but no answer.
sLittle woman" he resumed, trying
to swallow his throat, ''Tve been a big
brute to you and the children, but if
you'll try to overlook what I've done in
the past I'll try and do better in the flu
ture.n
"Oh, Jack, ! struck your came from
the bed-clothes in smothered accents.
"Never mind that, little 1t
didn't hurt me-"
Jack sat down upon the side of the
bed and drew his wife upon his knee.
She hid her face upon his shoulder, just
as she had often done in the olden times
in the house upon the Vermont hillside.
do you think you a give me an
other ehance2' said Jack.
ut was all my fault, Jack, and I'm
YER. sorry"
'eWel, wen call it square then and
start in again. What dye sayg"
s.Oh, Jackm was the only reply, and
then there followed a sound which had
something of sweetness and ftauital in
it, and borne on the wind from Ralf "a
mile away came the Efrain:
Warming the bsom Of somebody, Oil
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

According to the London Saturday
Review, English girls fare able to walk
longer distances and to stand much
more fatigue" than American girls.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
Too Fly.

@% #@@@@a@ AVV GUye
tSay! femme use your telephone a
mint !" he exclaimed, as he rushed into
an office on Griswold street.
Certainly
Hello! hello! Give me 6205. Is
that you, darling"
lsYes.no
"say, pet, ! left my wallet on the
dresser with $3.50 in it. Did you find
it?a
(ssYes.w
sGood! 'Fraid I'd lost on the street.
Big l9ad off my mind. Shall I bring up
those Sshoes?'
("Yes.'w
I'm dead broke, you know, but per-
phaps I can borrow SIS until after din
ner, SO as not to disappoint you. Good
by. darling
lsGood-by, sweetness. y
stsay,' Y he said to the man at the desk,
ssperhaps you overheard What I said, and
will lend me the $5 ~
The occupant pointed ove his Shout
der to the door.
WHAT skipn
esYes.n
sToo oldg'
9Yes.n
nBeen caught beforea"
aYes.n
Il skipi Good-byr-[Detroit Free
Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

A centr lily located and desirable business
stan1 on NJ in street, Opelousa consis ing
Of build ng su table for residence AMI smaa
store, and adjoining a bakery, being the
prope. ty next to the pc t-oftice This prJp-
erty will be sold very cheap for cash, or hall
ca h and balance on terms to su pu ciaser.
A o at this office or to NJ S. Edmond c.
Dunre March 1851
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
ST.. MARY'S ACADEMY,
OPELOUSAS. LA,

,OPELDUSASs LA.
The course of instruction in this Institution 9brasss
Gsometry. Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, PenmanshiD, and great care is bestowed
ON Christian Instruction.
Scholars per month, So, So or 81, according to ciaSs,
Glasses are resumed on Wednesday. September lAh,
1sss REV. g. RAYMOND, d. D.,
A REV. I. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G.. LEWIS,
Apg 90 1895, A. BLANC DUQUEsNAT.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
The Oldest Vermont Tetegrapher.

The Oldest Vermont ,IeLegrapher.
The st. ~Johnsbury Republican says
that the oldest Vermont telegrapher,
in length of service, has just retired.
He is H. N. Drury, Esq, of Burlington,
who has had charge of the telegraph of
flee in that city for nearly or quite 90
years. Mr.. Drury is a printer by trade
and in his youth had an adventurous
career in the south, publishing papers in
those localities where on every publica-
ton day the editor sat down with a
loaded rife across his lap waiting for
visitors similarly armed. After a num-
Der of years of this sort of thing he de-
termined to try a milder climate and
accepted an offer to take charge of the
Burlington telegraph office, where he
has ever since remained.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
FOR SALE.

A Fine Res dence, with all necessary out
buildings AMI improvements, and sufficient
land for asm IL farm, a ijoining the o porate
Ii nits IF Ope on sas, Will be sol Cheap
An41y at this , fics. oil Il
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

THE current year has nov seen three
railroad accidents, each of which was
the most fatal since A%shtabula, Ohio.
eleven years ago, when 101 were killed.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22
Op ELoUsAs Female INSTITUTE

Opetousas st. Landry Parish. In
HHHIS Institution will resnuIe duties Mons,- .
TENDER 9Th. 1886. under the immediate as Seh
Of Mrs. M. M. Hayes and Mrs. M. A.. Dar psFVisloa
competent assistants. The scholastic year " m y Wta
forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory Department, per month. q. =
Academic 'oz.W
Music, with use of piano I" wv
Boarding. including washing, light and fuel. s g
Embroidery. wax flowers. painting, DRAWING. ''iO!a
eacn, Atra.s.............. 7nM
Encluentai Ia
DISCIPLINE:
The government of this school is strict but n.-.,...
no hard tasks or restrictions are imposed hr, an a
student must comply with the rules, and must Nv
up to he measure of her ability, the lessons ass;ssppese
Our course of study and mode of instruction arau
train the mind to habits of correct think ine Aud = t
Ough Investigation. No student will be alIoyaJ ~
ter higher classes without thorough prsparation p On
rents and guardians may rest assured that the manras
health and morals of the children and wards shall .
ceive due attention.
No deduction for absence. unless in case of prot,,a.
ed illness. The location of the town ia heaithfri w
easy of access. The boarding department ia nnda, 4
immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Boarders vii tss
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For ~
ticulars address p'
July % SS-noV ~ ~ Principal,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-22

branee an old-fashioned
Vermont hillside. TIL
hair chairs in the room
Washington and his If
In the corner stood al
with a squeaky belloW.
of which he couI !
through all the interTel
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-01
DESTROY TIE BUGS.

kerosene EhtL>foN dissolve 10.
common soap Il one -an5f % ester
Boil this and addIt boiling hot 70 two
gallons Of kerosene oil. Churu this mix
trra ~itn fore pump and ~Pray-nozzle
for about ten minutes, unH a perfect
emulsion : formed and the liquid adhercs
to the surface Of glass without oI.iness.
Dilute this by adding nine parts Of cold
" ater to one part OF the emulsion.
This shorld then he sprayed on the IN
sects on the corn and craund ! con-
vcnient way Is to arrange some sort Of a
tank on sled; in the tank have Tie force
pump with Short piece Of hose and spray.
nozze e, A. the tank Is dawn alon- the
spray can be directed in the proper places,
This Is for 4 simple constructed apPara-
tus. Many different kinds o: hand and
horsepower spraying machines are man-
uractdret. Gee should be taken to
have perfect emulsion, "a olte;HlSe the
kerosene is injurious to plants.
This remedy waa suggested by Prof
Riley, Of Washington, and used by the
State Entomologi-t OF IIIinoi, with per
feet success.
10 any one who tries this rsr1dy care
fully, | viii be obliged if they will report
manner Of application and results to me.
GEO. F. ATKINSON,
|. \. c., Chapel Hill, \. c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-01
EsE<EWOORb E'FEvES.

I. A. Jones Of Florida VINO has
been visiting his parents in Ring
wood left for his home ia Florida on
June the 10 II.
". F. Orhelia Of Ringwood &C
ceptei = position at Morele II civ
nd departed for that city on the 23rd
inst.
Ringwood section is infeste witt
chicken thieves. The captures made
at different hea houses il one week
amounted to 81 chickens. Look out
chicken lifters you are marked.
We are glad to announce that Mc.
L Ninson has moved his family back
to RingwoOa for the summer.
Crops nevtr looked better.
Grass is booming.
The tax asse5 sors were in Ring
wUo3 Monday and Tuesday.
All can be loyal to the union BIZ
dyeing the inner man as we'll as the
outer with hlackberries-they are
plentiful Eat, drink and be mer>
~" for there will be no other fruit
in this section.